Anything launches Skydive AI coworkers with names and roles
Wired reports that AI coworker platforms such as Anything's Skydive give agents names, avatars and roles like any other employee, as companies add them to org charts.
Wired reported that companies are adding AI agents to corporate org charts as coworkers rather than tools. The report cited a January survey of 1,261 managers by Boston Consulting Group in which 22 percent said their organizations had done so. BCG partner Julie Bedard said the share is likely to keep growing as startups and big tech push autonomous agents into workplaces.
Anything, a vibe-coding startup, entered the market in August with a platform called Skydive. Its agents have their own names and roles, plus cloud computers, chief executive Dhruv Amin told Wired. They work across Slack and email, as well as iMessage. Each agent has a "Muppet-esque" avatar Amin described as "close to human, but definitely not human."
One Skydive agent, named Canary, monitors production systems around the clock, Amin said. Microsoft launched a similar agent, called Scout, in June to reschedule meetings and draft emails. Corporate vice president Omar Shahine said at launch that "your company essentially hires your assistant."
Bedard said companies have leaned into a "human-like bundle of traits" to encourage employees to accept the agents. She said workers can form strong attachments to them. Whether that framing helps or complicates workplace adoption is untested, and Wired did not report how many agents have since been scaled back.